How to fix Vietnam arrival card errors when the visa start date is the same as your arrival date?
From messages by 6 participants in 2 sources · Last activity: 18 days ago
From messages by 6 participants in 2 sources · Last activity: 18 days ago
TL;DR
If Vietnam’s arrival form rejects a visa date matching your arrival date, temporarily select another visa type, set the date to one day before arrival, then switch back to the correct option. Travelers report that the corrected date can remain saved and allow submission.
For an arrival-form error, temporarily switch to a different visa category, manually edit the visa issue/start date, and then return to the correct category. This field reset reportedly allowed the application to be submitted.
If you arrive on 24 September, a reported workaround is setting the visa field to one day earlier, 23 September. Select another visa type first, edit the date, then switch back; the revised date may remain in the inactive field.
When the system automatically sets the visa date to the arrival date, one workaround is selecting the visa-exemption certificate option, choosing today’s date, and then returning to the single-entry visa-exemption option. A traveler reported that the date stayed saved after switching back.